Saturday, July 4, 2009

Travertine Station


We woke up Friday morning and realized that we needed about two more bags of self-leveling compound for the floor - we were hoping we could get away with the five we'd put down Thursday evening, but it just wasn't meant to be. We put the two last bags down and went back to the Big Orange Box while it dried to get mortar, sealer, and all that jazz. We also stopped by our friend, Robert's, house to borrow his wet tile saw - which ended up being invaluable.


Of course we had to put our stamp down - because who can resist wet cement?

We started by arguing about the pattern we wanted the 12x12 tiles to be in - and came to an agreement on a brick layout at a 45 degree angle to the room. We had to lay all the tiles down and figure out which ones needed to be cut:

Jesse on the tile saw. No time for bathroom breaks.




Here it is all laid out and cut - if only we didn't have to start picking it all up to lay the mortar down...
Time to start laying down mortar - at midnight...

This is as far as we were going to get - 3:30am and headed to bed...

A nice early start at 12:00!

Check out the 'stache and the guns. He should be illegal.



Last piece!!!!!!!!!!
All those tiny little 1/16" spacers really add up. Done. 9:30pm on the 4th of July. Well, at least we heard the fireworks.

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